Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah speaks to the media after meeting with Congress leadership, in New Delhi.
| Photo Credit: ANI
1. Nudged by Congress high command, Karnataka to undertake fresh socio-educational survey of castes
Close on the heels of Congress central leaders asking Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar to undertake a fresh survey of Karnataka’s population, the Cabinet on June 12 decided to hold a fresh socio-educational survey — a demand of the politically dominant Vokkaliga and Veerashiava-Lingayat communities.
As and when the new survey will be taken up, it would be the second survey of sorts in Karnataka. Incidentally, when the first Siddaramaiah-led government conducted a survey in 2015 at a cost of ₹165 crore, Karnataka was the first State in India to undertake such an exercise after the national survey conducted by the British in 1931. Bihar and Telengana have done the survey after Karnataka completed its survey.
2. Bengaluru stampede: Karnataka High Court orders release of RCB’s Nikhil Sosale and others on bail
In a major set back to the police and the State government, the High Court of Karnataka on June 12 ordered the release on bail of four representatives of Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL) and DNA Networks Pvt. Ltd., who were arrested on the wee hours of June 6 in connection with the June 4 stampede outside M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru.
It was argued on behalf of the petitioners that they were arrested based solely on “the orders of the Chief Minister [Siddaramaiah] to arrest the officials of RCB and others” and without conducting any investigation and collecting any material to point out that the petitioners were responsible for the stampede, which resulted in the death of 11 persons.
3. Ex-Mangaluru Police Commissioner and Dakshina Kannada SP failed to take effective action against hate-mongers: Speaker U.T. Khader
Failure on the part of former Mangaluru Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal and Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police N. Yathish in taking effective action against those who made hate speeches and those who posted hate content on social media following the murder of former Bajrang Dal activist Suhas Shetty led to deterioration in the law and order situation, said Legislative Assembly Speaker and Mangaluru MLA U.T. Khader.
“The new police chiefs (C. H. Sudheer Kumar Reddy for Mangaluru and K. Arun for Dakshina Kannada) are taking effective action and issues, which resulted from the spread of hate contents, have been addressed to about 90%. It makes me wonder why earlier officials failed to act effectively (against hate-mongers),” Mr. Khader told reporters in Mangaluru on June 12.
4. Head constable kicks woman colleague in police station in Bengaluru
The Head Constable of Upparpete has been booked for allegedly kicking a colleague and abusing her after she objected to his remarks about women in general. Based on a complainant filed by Renuka, the police charged Head Constable B.G. Govindaraju for assault and outraging the modesty of a woman.
The alleged incident occurred late at night on June 10 when Renuka was feeding two minor runaway girls, who had been found in a bus stand. Govindaraju, who was sitting nearby, allegedly started making remarks on girls and women, demeaning them and casting aspersions on their character. The girls overheard his remarks and conveyed the same to Renuka who confronted Govindaraju.
Published – June 12, 2025 07:10 pm IST
